Shrubs

I had a mimosa that made it's home behind my gas meter. At first I thought the lil tree was sooo cute. I saw that there could be a problem so I just cut it down to the ground. The next year when spring was upon the yard I came out for my first yard work and found that the trunk had grown twice the size and my meter was now moving away from the house. So I asked friends and took care of the lil home wrecker. Take out your saw and cut it down to a size where you can still get a good hold on it above the ground. Get out your drill and drill as many holes as you feel the undesired vegetation deserves. This also works as a wonderful stress reliever I found. Next go to the hardware store and get Root Rotter. There are many brands but I think they all pretty well do the same job. Follow the directions and fill in the holes you drilled into the pesky lil *&$#@ with the chemical! I have heard driving nails into it also may kill it. I used both. Leave it alone and kick it every time you cut the grass. When you see that it's good an rotted it will lift right up out of the ground. DO NOT try to replant anything in the area until the following grow season, it will die.

Yes, there is a rose called Amélie ("Amelia"). Its mature dimensions, at four feet (1.2 meter) high and three feet (90 centimeters) wide, put the above-mentioned damask rose, introduced in 1823, into the subcategory of shrub rose. The large, light pink, semi-double blooms serve as fragrant garden presences during the summer months of June and July.

Perennial lavateras are notoriously short-lived, and pruning them properly can extend their lives.

Immediately after flowering cut back all the flowering stems to prevent the plant setting seed. Setting seed tends to weaken the plant and may reduce its lifespan. This also reduces wind-rock in the winter. Water it with a balanced fertiliser.

In early spring cut the branches back to a foot from the ground and remove any dead branches, scatter a granular fertiliser around it, rake it in and give it a thorough watering. These fertilisers last a whole season. Scatter some slug pellets around it, as slugs and snails love the new shoots.

When you prune the plant take some cuttings of non-flowering stems 3-4 inches long - they root very easily.

If you want to have especially large flowers, you can cut back the flowering stems a little in early June, but don't overdo it.

I just read on Fox Hills Lilac Farm's website that the best time is between April and Oct. They stated that 75% are done in the fall.

Most rodents are nocturnal animals..More active at night.

Within 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) of the ground within three weeks of the time that spring or early summer blooms discolor and shrivel describes how far back azaleas can be trimmed and the best time to do so. Maintenance pruning for minimal or moderate shaping is carried out with hand pruners. Extreme, severe pruning is done with hand saws or with loppers and followed up with a slow-release 12-6-6 fertilizer.

Viburnum opulus "sterile" the Snowball bush is a shrub or small tree and has a reasonable life span but it is easily propogated.

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If the wind blew some weedstop on my shrubs and they are turning black will they come back or just die or what can i do?

The brinjal plant is not considered a shrub. The non-woody plant in question (Solanum melongena) of India and Malaysia lacks a tough outer layer of tissue, known as bark, to protect its therefore soft stems. Shrubs will have many hard, tree-like stems and maximum heights of under 20 feet (6 meters).

Late fall and early spring are good times to move burning bushes. The shrubs in question will have enough time to adapt to the new location before the respective stresses of winter's cold and summer's heat.

I did some digging and found that you MAY be talking about a Citrus Weevil... there are also Citrus Root Weevils which are sometimes white with black stripes... they are all pretty much the same. I saw them too and was wondering if they were harmful. At first ,I thought they were kind of cute and interesting... I mean... how often do you see a WHITE bug? Then I found they are the nasty little jerks responsible for munching on my roses!! I had been WONDERING what was chewing the leaves on my plants! OH they also LOVE money trees!! All the roots of my African violets... HISTORY!! I had had those violets for the better part of 5 years too!! I am going to try my trusty soap spray to repel them... mix 1 tablespoon dish soap in 2 cups warm water. Hopefully that'll work! You gotta do it often because as soon as it rains, it washes away... which is pretty much every afternoon as of late. GOOD LUCK!!

The length of the root is the distance of allelopathic plants from one another. The plants in question -- aster, black walnut, broccoli, forsythia, garlic mustard, goldenrod, juniper, Kentucky bluegrass, knapweed, perennial rye, purple loosestrife, sugar maple, sunflower -- may release toxins -- of which the most famous is the black walnut tree's juglone -- to control or inhibit the growth of other vegetation. Their effects -- which may be minimized by well-aerated, well-drained soils -- will be strongest as far across and down as the root system extends for herbaceous plants and the drip line for woody plants.

No, pruning does not have to be done before spring. Winter tends to be a time to do pruning since plants will not be growing actively. Plants that bloom on new growth generally will react best to winter pruning while those that flower on old growth generally will respond best to spring or summer trims.

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A blackcurrant bush can be identified by its distinctive serrated, dark green leaves that are typically lobed and have a glossy appearance. The bush usually grows to about 3 to 5 feet tall and has a multi-stemmed structure. In spring, it produces small clusters of white or greenish flowers, which develop into dark purple to black berries in summer. The pungent aroma of the leaves when crushed is also a key identifying feature.

I'm unable to display images directly, but I can describe a red currant bush for you. Red currant bushes are typically small, deciduous shrubs that grow about 3 to 5 feet tall. They have lobed, green leaves and produce clusters of bright red berries that hang from the branches. The berries are juicy and tart, often used in jams, jellies, and desserts.

You can pretty much go as low as you wish. You should leave some leaves on the plant to allow it to obtain nourishment. Typically it will grow back fairly quickly. Most place that really cut back leave at least a foot standing.

That it aromatizes and darkens wood, remains mechanically strong and resists decay and wood-preservative chemicals describes the function of heartwood in a woody plant. Heartwood also goes by the name duramen, from the same-spelled Latin word for "hardness." It represents the dead central wood, as opposed to the outer living layers, known as alburnum and sapwood, for mineral and water transport.

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Many believed that the best time to prune Raspberry bushes are in the late winter or early spring. The plant should be over a foot before trying to prune the bush.

no. Elephant ears are just really big cookies. Do not worry if you tried one!

All Prunus are best pruned in the spring or early summer so as to avoid possible silver leaf disease There may be some sap bleed but this is not likely to do any great harm.